LinuxTag To SCO: Detail Code Theft Or Retract Claims 531
RoLi writes "Heise has a story (The babelfish translation sounds like a speech from Yoda, but the important facts are translated correctly.) about LinuxTag taking legal action against SCO. SCO will either have to retract their claims, disclose their "proof" (if it exists) or be fined. That's certainly good news."
Update: 05/26 17:25 GMT by T : Reader Fizz points to the more understandable LinuxTag press release (in English and German), and adds: "The notice, dated Friday, May 23, maintains that SCO Group is sowing uncertainty among the community of GNU/Linux users, developers and suppliers."
A lot better than all the speculation... (Score:5, Funny)
Babelfish.. (Score:5, Funny)
You don't need babelfish [altavista.com] to understand "Hey SCO; shit or get off the pot!"
Re:Babelfish.. (Score:5, Funny)
Is there a legal term for that?
It's been a while since I took Latin but I think it goes: "Defecatus elsum Pottus Risus"..
Ok I'm full of it.
Funny, this is (couldn't resist) (Score:5, Funny)
Hans's Bavarian, Geschaeftsfuehrer of SCO Germany, confirmed, three warnings to have received.
German, Yoda is?
Three warnings (Score:5, Funny)
In related news, George Lucas confirms that LucasArts is to sue AltaVista for stealing trade secrets relating to proprietary Yoda Speech Mannerisms v3.1 algorithms.
My translation of the translation (Score:3, Funny)
LinuxTag warns SCO
The LinuxTag e.V. warned SCO of its anti-competitive behavior. SCO stated that Linux infringed on its enterprise Unix patent rights, since Unix source code was cpoied into the Linux source, and warns Linux users that they could be made liable "for the use of Linux". So far SCO has not disclosed which parts of Linux are concerned.
The warning is to now force SCO to submit proofs for the alleged infringement, or retract their statements. 'With the allegations made by SCO, they are causing economic loss to their competitors through intimidation of their competitors customers and damaging the relationship of Gnu/linux as open platform', says Michael Kleinhenz, LinuxTag e.V spokesman.
Hans's Bavarian, CEO? of SCO Germany, confirmed that three warnings have been received. The letters were examined time by a lawyer at the time. The letter states that the present legal situation for Linux companies is unclear. Also SCO wants to only submit a clarifying brief, covering its proofs of copyright offences by Linux in the lawsuit against IBM. SCO had sued IBM for a billion US dollar compensationat the beginning of March .
Yoda Speech Mannerisms v3.1 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What about these comments (Score:2, Funny)
ESR is sending out press releases and posting on
Makes perfect sense.
Re:Day 965 of the SCO vs Linux crap (Score:5, Funny)
The Courtroom, pt.1 (Score:5, Funny)
The SCO attorneys were seated across the courtroom from
IBM's legal team. "Your Honour," began SCO lead council
Henry L. Pencilneck, "we believe the defendent typed SCO
trade secrets into the Linux kernel. Furthermore, your Honour,
we maintain he did so whilst wearing this.."
The courtroom went silent as Pencilneck dumped the contents
of a brown paper bag on the table he was behind. The courtoom
erupted in gasps and cries as a bloodied leather glove landed
silently on the table. "Order! Order!" called Judge Shyster
as he hit his gavel.
"Mr. Pencilneck, why was this not brought into evidence earlier?"
asked the Judge. Pencilneck smiled. "Your Honour, only this morning
did we find this glove behind a small guest house owned by the
lead programmer employed by the defendent. Furthermore, we are
ready to prove that during the night the alleged copyright
transgressions took place, the lead programmer from IBM's Linux
project hit his head on an air conditioner behind the guesthouse
which is what caused him to drop this glove! Finally, we maintain
that in the guest house, none other than Linus Torvalds himself was
living rent-free." Two of SCOs programmers in the courtroom
broke into tears as they looked on the glove which was covered
in blood they maintain was from their source code. "There's only
one way to settle this," sighed Judge Shyster, "Have Linus Torvalds
try on this glove." The courtroom exploded.
A door at the back of the courtoom opened. Four armed guards
encircled a furniture wheeler
bearing the straight-jacketted form of Linus. Women in the courtroom
fainted.
Unshackling his right hand a guard tried to fit the glove on Linus.
It didn't fit.
The courtoom exploded again. "Order! Order," cried Judge Shyster,
"Notice how Torvalds balled up his fist? It won't fit in a glove like
that, but.." The Judge leaned back, "Bring in the Goatse.cx guy!"
To Be Continued
Thank goodness for the last line (Score:5, Funny)
But all the verbs were on the last page.
So anyhow, thank goodness for the last line. It's a lifesaver.
Acronym Bingo (Score:-1, Funny)
Smelly, Careless Oafs,
Sharing Code with 0,
Silly Corporate Oddballs,
Suing Companies Ominously,
and finally..
Somebody please Castrate Our lawyers
Re:But wait... (Score:2, Funny)
And one of the problems with translating German is you never really know when to yell. That is why there isn't a lot of German love poetry.
Re:I'm wondering why ... (Score:3, Funny)
As for Red Hat and SuSe, I honestly think they don't see it as a threat. For that matter, why doesn't IBM counter-sue? Simply because A) it takes money to sue, and B) even if you win against SCO, what can you win? They have less assets then a Napster verture capitalist.
CEO: Well, the suits over. And now, we... Have a massive overstock of SCO branded mugs!
Accountant: Ceramic, or plastic?
CEO: Ceramic.
Accountant: Ooo, that's high quality. I'll alert the stock holders!
It's just not worth the time to them, I'd imagine.
Re:Worker Bees (Score:3, Funny)
LinuxTag doesn't get it... (Score:1, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What about these comments (Score:1, Funny)
A quick search on google resolved this. [helsinki.fi]
The quote itself isn't nearly as offensive as the entire email.
"And what, exactly, are SCO trying to imply with this?"
Simple. Like the Perens quote, they are simply showing a behavior of disrespect towards Copyright laws.
"Summary: Yet more FUD. Thanks, SCO, now please disappear off the face of the Earth."
The easiest way to discredit Open Source to the software development community is to quote Stallman, Perens. That's not SCO's problem, that's yours.
SCO vs IBM at the negotiating table (Score:2, Funny)
IBM:
SCO: WE HAVE PROOF
IBM: Show us.
SCO: NO!
IBM: Fine, we'll go to court.
SCO: WHAT? YOU DON'T WANT TO BUY US?
IBM: Our Lawyers are better than your lawyers. neener neener
Maybe its time for us to put our money... (Score:3, Funny)
According to the OSDN site there are 2.9 Million Active visitors to slashdot, which means if we each pony up $50 or so into a fund we could buy the SCO Group outright and release the source into the wilds of the Public Domain or GPL it.
Re: Code taken verbatim from UNIX: (Score:5, Funny)
Lawyers using advnaced pattern matching software have found that the ENTIRE LINE:
"main() {"
occurs in both SCO UNIX 'source code' and Linux 'kernel' 'source code' numerous times.
Coincidence? SCO thinks not...
In case you missed today's SpongeBob... (Score:2, Funny)
Spongebob: Hey Patrick, what am I?
Patrick: Uhh, you're dead?
Spongebob: No, Patrick, I'm SCO.
Patrick: What's the difference? ha ha ha ha
Spongebob: ha ha ha ha
Re:Only connect (Score:2, Funny)
The "good" ones (conspiracies) leave no evidence.
cheers- raga
New Slashdot Icons (Score:2, Funny)
Re: Code taken verbatim from UNIX: (Score:2, Funny)
SCO Is better with FUD (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Thank goodness for the last line (Score:2, Funny)
The english translator was silent for several minutes.
Finally somebody asked him why he wasn't translating.
He replied, "I'm waiting for the verb."
Re:A lot better than all the speculation... (Score:1, Funny)